Saint Dymphna's Playbook

By Hillary Leftwich

Book Overview

In lyrical prose that embodies the fragmented form, Saint Dymphna's Playbook mixes with hybrid verse, poetry, and lyrical essay detailing a ferocious and unapologetic viewpoint of how a woman's body is seen and governed in a world determined to control and dominate. Themes of suicide, sexual assault, and the male gaze-even in the professional world of being a private investigator, a child, a mother, a lover-each piece pulling from experiences hard to confront. In this playbook of survival, Leftwich allows the reader to bear witness, handing the reader a gift of vulnerability and what it means to be alive in a society where women vanish in more ways than one.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938753518
• ISBN13: 9781938753510
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Limit Zero Publications
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"